Avoiding Compensation with the Bionic Leg

The first in a series of Bionic Leg experience at Rehab Hospital of the Pacific.In February of 2011, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific (REHAB), Honolulu, introduced the Bionic Leg into its outpatient stroke program. A few months later, it purchased a second Bionic Leg for its inpatient program.

Here, Teresa Wong, PT, Executive Director of the REHAB Innovation Center, reviews the challenge of “un-teaching” compensatory techniques that are part of routine stroke rehabilitation.

She explains how early sit-to-stand and gait therapy with the Tibion Bionic Leg is helping REHAB patients avoid dependence on their unaffected extremities – and thus, more quickly recover a safe, natural gait.